{"id":285201,"date":"2026-04-25T07:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285201\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T07:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:29:15","slug":"brush-fire-sparks-in-oceanside-nbc-7-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285201\/","title":{"rendered":"Brush fire sparks in Oceanside \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boulevard FireWhere: Near Oceanside Boulevard and Rancho del Oro DriveSize: Estimated 10-15 acresEvacuations: Shelter-in-place warnings were issued for the immediate area Spread: halted Containment: 100%<\/p>\n<p>A small brush fire in Oceanside sent a plume of smoke over the North County city on Friday before it was quickly stopped by firefighters. <\/p>\n<p>The fire sparked just before 4:30 p.m. near Oceanside Boulevard and Rancho del Oro Drive, near the SoCal Sports Complex. By 5:15 p.m., the fire&#8217;s spread was halted, according to the citizen fire-reporting app, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.watchduty.org\/i\/95320\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch Duty<\/a>, which monitors official communication lines for information. <\/p>\n<p>The blaze grew to about 10-15 acres and, at its peak, was threatening structures with a critical rate of spread, the app reported. Oceanside fire flew a drone using infrared techology over the fire and said that, as of 7 p.m., no hot spots were detected. <\/p>\n<p>Some verbal evacuation warnings were made, the app reported, and the Genasys alerting system warned a senior center and the nearby Frontwave Arena to shelter in place. No property was damaged by the fire, OFD said later in the evening. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Community members are asked to avoid the area to allow emergency personnel and equipment to access the scene,&#8221; an alert said. &#8220;Individuals in those areas should remain indoors, close windows and doors, and follow instructions from public safety officials.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Video from SkyRanger 7 showed a charred dry brush field with firefighters working toward containment. A white plume of smoke was visible around 5 p.m., indicating little fuel was burning. The smoke dwindled within the next 10 minutes, while crews remained on scene to temper hot spots. <\/p>\n<p>Some road closures were in place for responding crews. It was not clear how long the closures would be in effect. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/firefighter.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"A brush fire in Oceanside on April 24, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tNBC 7NBC 7<\/p>\n<p>A brush fire in Oceanside on April 24, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>The fire erupted amid mild winds in the 10-15 mph range, according to NBC 7 Meteorologist Greg Bledsoe, which likely aided firefighting efforts to make good progress to contain the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire remains under investigation, according to fire officials. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boulevard FireWhere: Near Oceanside Boulevard and Rancho del Oro DriveSize: Estimated 10-15 acresEvacuations: Shelter-in-place warnings were issued for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75,535],"class_list":["post-285201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-wildfires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}